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There are a few scenes where Lex Luthor and Batman/Bruce Wayne are onscreen together. Their skin tone is exactly the same. I still have no idea if Luthor is black in the cartoons or not, although Justice League Unlimited makes me think he isn't for some reason.

Take away the murder and the Joker is the exact opposite of the Batman.

He can find the fun in anything. Batman can barely find the joy in having a devoted father-figure who will bring him sandwhiches when asked.

The Joker would go six miles out of his way just for a laugh. And it would have to include a murder. That is, if it's funnier without a murder. Granted, for him, a murder usually makes things funnier but you get my idea.

Luthor's strength is his brilliance, Batman's strength is his will. Granted, Batman is brilliant as well, but I personally think his mind is an extension of his will. He trained his mind the way he trained his body in other words. Luthor is just really freaking smart.

Pretty good parallels between the two, though. Lex Luthor is Superman's greatest villain for the same reason Joker is Batman's. Neither are the greatest physical threat to the hero. However, they both represent a significant ideological threat to their respective superheroes. Joker, an icon of philosophical cynicism who argues that all of the world's notions of progress crumble under their own broken human psychology, and Luthor, who threatens Superman's belief that he is really helping the world by babysitting it into adulthood instead of leaving it to learn to fix its own problems.

Obviously the characters aren't portrayed like this in everything they're in, but these are some of the higher points of their writing.